> TODAY'S SUMMARY (14 articles)
Today's cybersecurity news highlights several critical developments. Scammers are leveraging replies to unsolicited texts to confirm active phone numbers, increasing the risk of fraud. A significant cyberattack utilized 51 AI agents to compromise 429 WordPress sites and steal sensitive Ukrainian data in just over a minute. Additionally, low-cost Android phones are being shipped with pre-installed malware, turning them into tools for ad fraud and other malicious activities. Mozilla has launched Firefox Enterprise, offering enhanced management tools for organizations, while VMware's patch management concerns indicate a growing need for better security tools. Lastly, Booz Allen's AI models successfully navigated all defined attack objectives in a controlled test, showcasing the evolving capabilities of AI in cybersecurity.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 08:01
Google's contracts with large Chinese advertising resellers will end on 27 October, the company has announced.
A recent attack by the Zeus trojan virus used an email and a legitimate Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website to trick users into providing sensitive tax information to cybercriminals.
Cyber attacks on UK government and business computers and networks pose a top threat to the United Kingdom, according to the new National Security Strategy.
Symantec’s ‘State of Spam and Phishing’ report this month has highlighted an overall decrease in spam, but an increase in phishing attacks.
In a disturbing echo of Google's mapping of home Wi-Fi networks as part of its Streetview project, an ethical hacker has found nearly half of home Wi-Fi networks can be hacked in less than five seconds, according to a study.
UK-based NCC Group, provider of risk management solutions, has acquired iSEC Partners for $22.8m in cash.
Microsoft has activated an optional feature that provides download protection for beta users of the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser.
McAfee has unveiled its Security Connected initiative that will enable organizations to integrate various information security technologies both within the organization and with partners, developers, and customers.
Microsoft has activated an optional feature that provides download protection for beta users of the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser.
Data breaches are 50% less likely at businesses that comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a study has revealed.
Cybercriminals are relying more on cloud computing models to carry out cyber attacks, according to a new report by CA Technologies.
Firefox users are vulnerable to malware that clandestinely stores login credentials in the password memory of the browser, even if the user does not employ the password save function.
Data protection and other regulations are a good thing because without them organizations would do nothing, says internet security expert Ira Winkler.
Data protection and other regulations are a good thing because without them organisations would do nothing, says US-based internet security expert Ira Winkler.
According to KPMG’s ‘Data Loss Barometer’, hacking has affected 250 million people in the last three years. The accounting firm has released its ‘Top 10 tips’ to avoid data loss and the associated damage that this can cause.
At the RSA Security conference, 13th October 2010, attendees at the London security conference were treated to a detailed presentation on the subject of the current state of cybersecurity in the EMEA region from Dr Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute.
As larger organizations tighten up their information security environment, mid-sized companies around the world have seen a jump in cyber attacks, according to a McAfee survey of 1100 IT administrators.
Investing money in re-architecting our networks and systems is the most effective way to defend against cyberwar, said Richard A. Clarke, chairman, Good Harbor Consulting, in his keynote today at RSA Europe.
Security suppliers can help improve overall internet security by embedding technologies in consumer-facing services, says RSA president Art Coviello.
Security suppliers can help improve overall internet security by embedding technologies in consumer-facing services, says RSA president Art Coviello.